International Booker Prize Non-Winners

1.
A General Theory of Oblivion
A General Theory of Oblivion 3.90 avg rating — 8,378 ratings
2.
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 168,872 ratings
3.
A Strangeness in My Mind
A Strangeness in My Mind 4.15 avg rating — 16,075 ratings
4.
A Whole Life
A Whole Life 3.94 avg rating — 22,385 ratings
5.
The Four Books
The Four Books 3.99 avg rating — 1,618 ratings
6.
Compass
Compass 3.79 avg rating — 2,761 ratings
7.
The Unseen (The Barrøy Chronicles #1)
The Unseen (The Barrøy Chronicles #1) 3.99 avg rating — 10,928 ratings
8.
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal 3.21 avg rating — 2,978 ratings
9.
Judas
Judas
by: Amos Oz
3.86 avg rating — 9,246 ratings
10.
Fever Dream
Fever Dream 3.72 avg rating — 48,066 ratings
11.
Vernon Subutex 1 (Vernon Subutex, #1)
Vernon Subutex 1 (Vernon Subutex, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 16,363 ratings
12.
The White Book
The White Book
by: Han Kang
3.81 avg rating — 29,843 ratings
13.
The World Goes On
The World Goes On 3.79 avg rating — 963 ratings
14.
Like a Fading Shadow
Like a Fading Shadow 3.56 avg rating — 711 ratings
15.
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Frankenstein in Baghdad 3.59 avg rating — 18,805 ratings
16.
The Years
The Years 4.17 avg rating — 41,780 ratings
17.
The Pine Islands
The Pine Islands 3.15 avg rating — 2,143 ratings
18.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 137,665 ratings
19.
The Shape of the Ruins
The Shape of the Ruins 3.97 avg rating — 3,008 ratings
20.
The Remainder
The Remainder 3.47 avg rating — 1,542 ratings
21.
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree 3.77 avg rating — 4,792 ratings
22.
The Adventures of China Iron
The Adventures of China Iron 3.82 avg rating — 5,629 ratings
23.
Tyll
Tyll 3.94 avg rating — 14,593 ratings
24.
Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season 4.05 avg rating — 43,019 ratings
25.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating — 124,207 ratings
26.
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed 3.80 avg rating — 56,796 ratings
27.
When We Cease to Understand the World
When We Cease to Understand the World 4.11 avg rating — 56,508 ratings
28.
The Employees
The Employees
by: Olga Ravn
3.65 avg rating — 24,736 ratings
29.
In Memory of Memory
In Memory of Memory 3.84 avg rating — 2,143 ratings
30.
The War of the Poor
The War of the Poor 3.38 avg rating — 2,975 ratings
31.
Cursed Bunny
Cursed Bunny 3.76 avg rating — 37,410 ratings
32.
A New Name: Septology VI-VII
A New Name: Septology VI-VII
by: Jon Fosse
4.48 avg rating — 2,151 ratings
33.
Heaven
Heaven 3.79 avg rating — 80,559 ratings
34.
Elena Knows
Elena Knows 4.06 avg rating — 25,604 ratings
35.
The Books of Jacob
The Books of Jacob 4.02 avg rating — 9,803 ratings
36.
Still Born
Still Born 4.13 avg rating — 23,474 ratings
37.
Standing Heavy
Standing Heavy
by: Gauz
3.59 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
38.
The Gospel According to the New World
The Gospel According to the New World 2.97 avg rating — 918 ratings
39.
Whale
Whale 3.94 avg rating — 4,106 ratings
40.
Boulder
Boulder 3.91 avg rating — 14,137 ratings
41.
Not a River
Not a River 3.91 avg rating — 6,201 ratings
42.
The Details
The Details 3.88 avg rating — 22,322 ratings
43.
Mater 2-10
Mater 2-10 3.69 avg rating — 664 ratings
44.
What I'd Rather Not Think About
What I'd Rather Not Think About 3.75 avg rating — 5,349 ratings
45.
Crooked Plow
Crooked Plow 4.45 avg rating — 28,331 ratings
46.
A Leopard-Skin Hat
A Leopard-Skin Hat 3.50 avg rating — 2,110 ratings
47.
Perfection
Perfection 3.69 avg rating — 12,905 ratings
48.
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Under the Eye of the Big Bird 3.77 avg rating — 3,670 ratings
49.
Small Boat
Small Boat 4.07 avg rating — 4,282 ratings
50.
On the Calculation of Volume I
On the Calculation of Volume I 3.72 avg rating — 15,170 ratings
51.
Mend the Living
Mend the Living 3.85 avg rating — 11,919 ratings
52.
Man Tiger
Man Tiger 4.04 avg rating — 7,052 ratings
53.
Tram 83
Tram 83 3.32 avg rating — 1,596 ratings
54.
A Cup of Rage
A Cup of Rage 3.44 avg rating — 3,189 ratings
55.
Ladivine
Ladivine 3.34 avg rating — 885 ratings
56.
Death by Water
Death by Water 3.21 avg rating — 1,064 ratings
57.
White Hunger
White Hunger 3.56 avg rating — 2,518 ratings
58.
Swallowing Mercury
Swallowing Mercury 3.75 avg rating — 2,226 ratings
59.
War and Turpentine
War and Turpentine 3.92 avg rating — 11,878 ratings
60.
The Traitor's Niche
The Traitor's Niche 3.75 avg rating — 938 ratings
61.
Black Moses
Black Moses 3.43 avg rating — 2,186 ratings
62.
Bricks and Mortar
Bricks and Mortar 3.32 avg rating — 288 ratings
63.
Fish Have No Feet
Fish Have No Feet 3.90 avg rating — 2,721 ratings
64.
The Explosion Chronicles
The Explosion Chronicles 3.64 avg rating — 551 ratings
65.
The 7th Function of Language
The 7th Function of Language 3.76 avg rating — 6,630 ratings
66.
The Imposter: A True Story
The Imposter: A True Story 3.64 avg rating — 2,964 ratings
67.
Go, Went, Gone
Go, Went, Gone 3.96 avg rating — 10,177 ratings
68.
Die, My Love
Die, My Love 3.48 avg rating — 8,293 ratings
69.
The Flying Mountain
The Flying Mountain 4.06 avg rating — 398 ratings
70.
The Stolen Bicycle
The Stolen Bicycle 3.88 avg rating — 1,999 ratings
71.
The Dinner Guest
The Dinner Guest 3.41 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
72.
Love in the New Millennium
Love in the New Millennium
by: Can Xue
3.18 avg rating — 573 ratings
73.
At Dusk
At Dusk 3.68 avg rating — 2,080 ratings
74.
Jokes for the Gunmen
Jokes for the Gunmen 3.43 avg rating — 639 ratings
75.
Four Soldiers
Four Soldiers 3.78 avg rating — 832 ratings
76.
Mouthful of Birds
Mouthful of Birds 3.72 avg rating — 14,865 ratings
77.
Valerie; or, The Faculty of Dreams
Valerie; or, The Faculty of Dreams 3.89 avg rating — 3,541 ratings
78.
The Death of Murat Idrissi
The Death of Murat Idrissi 3.35 avg rating — 2,607 ratings
79.
Red Dog
Red Dog 3.40 avg rating — 231 ratings
80.
The Other Name: Septology I-II
The Other Name: Septology I-II
by: Jon Fosse
4.05 avg rating — 5,817 ratings
81.
The Eighth Life
The Eighth Life 4.53 avg rating — 30,518 ratings
82.
Serotonin
Serotonin 3.58 avg rating — 30,995 ratings
83.
Faces on the Tip of My Tongue
Faces on the Tip of My Tongue 3.62 avg rating — 268 ratings
84.
Little Eyes
Little Eyes 3.59 avg rating — 22,592 ratings
85.
Mac and His Problem
Mac and His Problem 3.48 avg rating — 751 ratings
86.
I Live in the Slums: Stories
I Live in the Slums: Stories
by: Can Xue
3.26 avg rating — 156 ratings
87.
The Pear Field
The Pear Field 3.71 avg rating — 2,044 ratings
88.
The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi 3.69 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
89.
Summer Brother
Summer Brother 3.72 avg rating — 3,479 ratings
90.
An Inventory of Losses
An Inventory of Losses 3.35 avg rating — 1,881 ratings
91.
Minor Detail
Minor Detail 4.19 avg rating — 36,365 ratings
92.
Wretchedness
Wretchedness 3.45 avg rating — 456 ratings
93.
After the Sun
After the Sun 3.17 avg rating — 2,610 ratings
94.
More Than I Love My Life
More Than I Love My Life 4.04 avg rating — 5,105 ratings
95.
The Book of Mother
The Book of Mother 3.80 avg rating — 2,457 ratings
96.
Paradais
Paradais 3.62 avg rating — 16,772 ratings
97.
Love in the Big City
Love in the Big City 3.68 avg rating — 15,949 ratings
98.
Happy Stories, Mostly
Happy Stories, Mostly 3.70 avg rating — 1,914 ratings
99.
Phenotypes
Phenotypes 3.79 avg rating — 1,103 ratings